A prayer for the children of Abraham/Ibrahim
Rabbi Rachel Barenblat wrote a moving prayer during this winter's conflict in Gaza. It begins:
For every aspiring ballerina huddled
scared in a basement bomb shelter
For every toddler in his mother's arms
behind rubble of concrete and rebar
For every child who's learned to distinguish
"our" bombs from "their" bombs by sound
For everyone wounded, cowering, frightened
and everyone furious, planning for vengeance
I often hear "equivalence" decried. But I think we need far more of this type of equivalence.
For every aspiring ballerina huddled
scared in a basement bomb shelter
For every toddler in his mother's arms
behind rubble of concrete and rebar
For every child who's learned to distinguish
"our" bombs from "their" bombs by sound
For everyone wounded, cowering, frightened
and everyone furious, planning for vengeance
I often hear "equivalence" decried. But I think we need far more of this type of equivalence.